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Table 1 In vitro susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum isolates to anti-malarial drugs

From: In vitro studies on the sensitivity pattern of Plasmodium falciparum to anti-malarial drugs and local herbal extracts

Drug

IC50mean (nM)

IC99mean (nM)

Resistance threshold (nM)

Chloroquine (CQ)

24.4

164.2

> 160

Amodiaquine (AQ)

6.3

32.4

> 80

Artesunate (AS)

3.2

7.8

> 10.5

Mefloquine (MQ)

42.1

60.8

> 64.0

Sulphadoxine/Pyrimethamine (SP)

55.0

200

> 300

0.7

2.5

> 4.0

Quinine (Q)

60.3

298.6

> 300